Abu Daoud al-Saudi

Abu Daoud al-Saudi (14 July 1969-22 April 2003) was a member of al-Qaeda.

Biography
Abu Daoud al-Saudi was born on 14 July 1969 in Jeddah, Jeddah Province, Saudi Arabia to a Wahhabist Sunni Islamic family. Abu Daoud was radicalized at a young age and decided to buy a plane ticket to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1986 at the age of 17. He met up with other terrorists like Ahmed Saif al-Afghani and Zuhriyaa bin Hamna there, and the three of them fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. Daoud suffered a scar on his face from heavy combat in Khost late in 1986, and later took part in Operation Magistral in 1988. After the termination of the Soviet-Afghan War that year, Daoud remained behind to fight in Afghanistan against the Afghan government and, from 1992 to 1996, the Northern Alliance Hazaras, Turkmen, and Uzbeks. Daoud met Osama Bin Laden in 1998 while watching a soccer game in Afghanistan, and Daoud joined al-Qaeda. Daoud was given military training to be on par with other experienced Afghan Arabs, and he was one of the organizers of the planned 2000 Millenium bombing. He was also involved with some minor terrorist attacks, and he became known to the CIA after sending $50,000 USD to Ahmed Saif al-Afghani. Daoud was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan in 2003 while he was hiding out in a restaurant with some other militants.